"Then I used those abilities, which rivaled a Mega Digimon's, to activate this magic circle," Cherrymon said, his expression shifting back and forth between what might have been fear and delight.
Zheng Fan listened carefully to Cherrymon's story, but found nothing remotely new in it. At least, most of the stories he had heard about predecessors who created their own cultivation techniques followed this same pattern.
Gallantmon Crimson Mode listened with mixed feelings. On the one hand, he was genuinely curious, and this concerned the private affairs of Ophanimon, whom he served. But judging by the split personality Cherrymon had displayed this once, who knew what abuse he might suffer after learning these secrets?
Cherrymon seemed to have slipped into some peculiar state, recounting the events from a third-person perspective. Presumably, this was an effect of his split personality.
Zheng Fan understood what had happened. Cherrymon had spent three-quarters of his materials to summon SkullGreymon General, who possessed only Champion-level strength. However, SkullGreymon General carried a weapon that gave off no data energy whatsoever. He had then turned on Cherrymon. Cherrymon hurriedly used the remaining quarter of his materials to summon a large number of Digimon, all Champions. A quarter of a Mega Digimon's energy was enough to summon dozens of Champion Digimon. Yet SkullGreymon General's weapon had completely ignored the rules of the Digimon World and slaughtered all those Champion Digimon in a few strokes.
SkullGreymon General was a Virus-type Digimon who could plunder data energy through slaughter. His frenzied killing had built his energy to its peak, allowing him to evolve into the Ultimate-level Skull Knightmon.
At that point, Skull Knightmon was no longer the Digimon Cherrymon had summoned. The power of the Digimon World therefore sent him straight back to where he had come from. In the